I applied online. I interviewed at QA Wolf in Sep 2024
Interview
Completed the initial take-home challenge and submitted application with walk-through video, resume, cover letter and 400 lines of code to complete the challenge. I was contacted within 24 hours and scheduled an in-person interview. I only had about 2-3 days of experience studying Playwright for the purposes of the application and interview. They start everyone at QA I level regardless of experience so, I assumed that they are willing to train. I am a recent graduate of a bootcamp and about 33% of the current staff are graduates of the same bootcamp. The person who administered the 2-hour interview/test had graduated from the same bootcamp as me just one year earlier. I was able to accomplish working/passing Playwright code for all the specs within what was actually about 1.5 hours of coding. The person instructing you on the test will offer instant feedback on your code while you are working through the steps so you can modify the code. In the end, I received a rejection email a few days later stating that they "will be moving forward with other candidates whose skills and performance on the assessment were a closer match for our needs." Apparently, they are looking for candidates who not only can write valid, working code in Playwright but who have the intuition to know exactly how the company prefers the test code to be written. As others have commented, my Loom video was never viewed. They are kind enough to compensate your interview time generously. They are also very quick and responsive in communication. It might be nice to have a little more instruction as to what the expectations are on the 2-hour online interview/test. I say the application is difficult only because you can still go "above and beyond", make a good application and be rejected without an understanding of what you should have done better. The interview really doesn't allow the candidate to learn anything new about QA Wolf and there isn't any kind of an exchange of information, getting to know you part to the interview. Maybe that part comes if they select you from the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions, just a task to write test code in Playwright
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at QA Wolf
Interview
Takehome assignment consisting of Playwright tests, non-compensated, that you must do in your own time.
Nebulous requirements about what makes it go "above and beyond". You go above and beyond, obviously, teach yourself Playwright, spend hours of your life on their assignment, and receive a vague email message 2 weeks later that you didn't go above and beyond *enough* by some arbitrary standard. Avoid.
They didn't even watch my Loom.
I applied online. I interviewed at QA Wolf (Reminderville, OH) in Dec 2025
Interview
Take-home project with baseline expectations to scrape a site for determining the sequential order of posts on a page, but yeah, you guessed it, they are expecting that you spend hours competing against other 'hypothetical candidates who will add advanced features and go beyond basic requirements' without compensation.
(email I replied to them with)
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Lol
If you're going to require people to include certain materials in their application, it would be fair to actually review/watch the materials they spent time uploading and working on. 0 views on the Loom you required that I upload, with no way to actually edit clips unless I pay for a Loom account.
It was work on a project that I took time out to do for free and your response, instead of at least being appreciative of the fact that I did the work, is to say that I didn't cover extra credit points. You do realize that candidates who have the luxury of time will be able to complete that and that it's not an assessment of core competency, but rather who's willing to sell themselves out the most and spend hours without compensation. I have other duties (that will actually pay me) besides working on pointless assignments you are going to nitpick.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Use playwright to confirm sequential order of articles on hacker news
Take home assignment. Wants you to be outside the box. Then there is a work simulated session as well. Which is paid and delivered after the interview. The process is smooth and recommended.
QA Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at QA Wolf with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 16% positive. To compare, the company-average is 21.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for QA Engineer roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at QA Wolf overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at QA Wolf as a QA Engineer according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 52%
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 13%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Phone interview: 4%
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